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Efficient & Sustainable City Bus Services

Abstract*

The Efficient and Sustainable City Bus Services Project of India has an objective is to improve the efficiency and attractiveness of city bus transport and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the demonstration cities. The project comprises (i) a national capacity building component to be implemented by MoUD and another on (ii) city demonstration projects with select cities. As part of component one, policy, regulatory and fiscal constraints will be...

* The project abstract is drawn from the PAD, SAR or PGD and may not accurately reflect the project's current nature

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Development Objective

The project's Global Environment Objective (GEO) is to improve the efficiency and attractiveness of city bus transport and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the demonstration cities.

Key Details

Project Details

  • P132418

  • Closed

  • Nupur Gupta

  • Republic of India

  • India

  • April 16, 2014

  • (as of board presentation)

    December 9, 2014

  • August 29, 2016

  • US$ 113.00 million

  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (erstwhile Ministry of Urban Development)

  • South Asia

  • 2015

  • US$ 9.20 million

  • B

  • August 1, 2023

  • December 30, 2020

  • Yes

  • BANK APPROVED

  • Notes

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

No data available.
Financier Commitments
Borrower/Recipient 103.80
Global Environment Facility (GEF) 9.20

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment N/A
IDA Commitment N/A
IBRD + IDA Commitment N/A
Lending Instrument
Grant Amount 9.20
Total Project Cost** 113.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of January 31, 2025

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Detailed Financial Activity as of January 31, 2025

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Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name Review Date
Counterpart Funding Moderately Satisfactory 2020-06-17
Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory 2020-06-17
Summary Global Objective Rating Moderately Satisfactory 2020-06-17
Project Management Moderately Satisfactory 2020-06-17
Financial Management Moderately Satisfactory 2020-06-17
Monitoring and Evaluation Moderately Satisfactory 2020-06-17
Procurement Moderately Satisfactory 2020-06-17

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATORIMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 09-29-2021
OutcomesModerately Satisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank PerformanceModerately Satisfactory
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATORICR REVIEW: PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome RatingModerately Satisfactory N/a
Risk To Development OutcomeN/a
Bank PerformanceModerately SatisfactoryN/a
Borrower PerformanceN/a
Government PerformanceNot RatedN/a
Implementing AgencyN/a
Icr QualitySubstantialN/a
M&e QualityModestN/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATORBASELINECURRENTTARGET
  • Reduction in GHG emissions in project cities over a period of 10 years as a result of adoption of modernisation initiatives from the Business as Usual (BAU) scenarioValue1094430.00238600.00170000.00
    DateJuly 9, 2014March 31, 2021November 2, 2018
    Comment
  • Rate of breakdowns to not exceed 5/10,000 kmsValueBhopal:4.2; Chandigarh:6.6; Jaipur:7.38; Mira BhayBhopal: 3.41; Chandigarh: 0.7; Jaipur: 2.9; Mira BLess than 5 breakdowns/10,000 kms
    DateJuly 9, 2014March 31, 2021December 30, 2020
    Comment
  • Improvement in bus fuel efficiency in demo cities by at least 12% relative to business as usual (Annual Average in overall fleet - Bhopal: 3.2; Chandigarh:3.4; Jaipur:2.76; Mira Bhayandar:2.8)ValueBhopal - 3.2km/l; Chandigarh - 3.4km/l; Jaipur - 2Overall - 14%; Pre COVID - 10%; Post project: 14%12%
    DateJuly 9, 2014March 31, 2021December 30, 2020
    Comment
  • Direct project beneficiariesValue100%Pre-COVID: 20% Post project: 16%10% increase relative to business as usual
    DateAugust 31, 2016March 31, 2021December 28, 2018
    Comment
  • Female beneficiaries (Ridership)ValueBhopal: 39%; Chandigarh: 28%; Jaipur: 39%; Mira Bh
    DateJuly 9, 2014
    Comment
  • Improvement in women's user satisfaction on a scale of 0-5, as compared to their current calculated indexValueBhopal:3.56; Chandigarh: 3.51; Jaipur:3.07; Mira BImproved in Bhopal and Chandigarh
    DateJuly 9, 2014March 31, 2021December 30, 2020
    Comment
  • Improvement in Overall user satisfaction compared to their current calculated indexValueBhopal - 3.36; Chandigarh - 3.59; Jaipur - 3.44; MImproved in Bhopal and Chandigarh; Bhopal: 4.11; C
    DateJuly 9, 2014March 31, 2021December 30, 2020
    Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATORBASELINECURRENTTARGET
  • Policy notes and recommendations developed for sustainable city bus transportation and deliberations at national and state level initiated.Value-• Focus Group Discussion on initial hypothesis wit
    DateJuly 9, 2014March 31, 2021December 30, 2020
    Comment
  • Modern depot equipment installed in all project citiesValueModern equipment not in placeDepot Equipments were installed and are functionin
    DateJuly 9, 2014March 31, 2021December 30, 2020
    Comment
  • Increased use of ITS and MIS data and tools in operations planning and managementValueLimited use of ITS/Manual systems for data reportiITS/MIS systems are live in Bhopal, Chandigarh and
    DateJuly 9, 2014March 31, 2021December 30, 2020
    Comment
  • More efficient and user responsive bus service plans prepared and adopted in demo citiesValueService plans partially in place• Service plans in place in Bhopal. • Service plan
    DateJuly 9, 2014March 31, 2021December 30, 2020
    Comment
  • City bus operators trained in / exposed to best practices in low-carbon programs including improved fuel efficiency techniquesValue0.0019.000.00
    DateJanuary 1, 2014March 31, 2021December 30, 2020
    Comment
  • Demo cities have institutional systems in place for monitoring and evaluation of bus fuel efficiency programValueNot in place; partially in BhopalPartially in place in Jaipur and Bhopal. In Chandi
    DateJuly 9, 2014March 31, 2021December 30, 2020
    Comment